Special Education timeline | Timetoast Timelines

1940

Early Special Education Programs

https://www.alleducationschools.com/blog/history-of-special-education/
May 17, 1954

Brown vs Board of Education

https://www.wrightslaw.com/law/art/history.spec.ed.law.htm
Apr 11, 1965

Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965

https://blog.ed.gov/2015/04/what-is-esea/
1970

PARC and Mills

https://disabilityjustice.org/right-to-education/
1972

Congressional Investigation

https://www.wrightslaw.com/bks/lawbk/ch3.history.pdf
Nov 19, 1975

Public Law 94-142: The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975

https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/idea35/history/index_pg10.html
Dec 3, 2004

Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004

https://sites.ed.gov/idea/
Aug 14, 2006

Aligning IDEA and NCLB

https://sites.ed.gov/idea/files/Alignment_with_NCLB_2-2-07.pdf